The Yreka Miners girls varsity basketball team lost to Lassen 60-34 at home Friday night in Northern Athletic League action.

While the Lady Miners kept things close in the first quarter, the Miners struggled in the second quarter as the Lady Grizzlies steadily extended their lead the rest of the way to earn the victory.

In the first quarter, the Miners found themselves down 9-2 with 3:47 left in the quarter. Senior Katie Brummett drained a 3-pointer to cut the Lassen lead to 9-5. With 59.3 seconds left in the quarter, junior Justine Cota connected on two free throws to reduce the Lassen lead to 13-11. But, Lassen quickly put up four points to take a 17-11 advantage after one quarter of play. Early in the second quarter Brummett made another three to reduce the lead to 18-14. But, Yreka could only put up three more points for the quarter as they trailed 29-17 at the half.

In the third quarter Yreka again struggled to contain Lassen as they trailed by 43-25 after three quarters. In the fourth quarter, Yreka scored nine more points compared to 17 for Lassen to drop the game 60-34. As they have for the majority of the NAL season, Yreka had only seven players on the varsity team suited up Friday night. Although they were behind, the Lady Miners battled until the final whistle sounded.

The Lady Miners fell to 12-11 overall and 1-5 in the NAL. Lassen improved to 12-10 overall and 3-4 in the NAL.

Brummett led Yreka scorers with 13 points. Cota had 11 points as both players contributed 24 of the Lady Miners 34 points. Junior Destiny Sinnett finished with six points and junior Erica Phillips had four points.

On Tuesday, Yreka is at Central Valley and ends the regular season at home on homecoming night on Friday against Anderson.